You aren't allowed here......

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

I have been reading this thread with great interest. I have officiated boys'/girls' Jr. H.S. and H.S. basketball in Ohio, Michigan, California (H.S. only), and Florida (H.S. only). The only problem I ever had was in the Miami-Dade County, Florida, during the mid-1970's.

The AD's in Dade County expected you to come to the games dressed; and the schools did not even provide a place for the officials who came to the game already dressed to have a pre-game conference. Furthermore, they expected you to sit in the stands at half-time. I didn't know this when I arrived at my first ever H.S. game in Florida; the Home AD let me know that he was not happy that he had to find a secure place for me to dress and keep my belongings. He told me that if I was scheduled again at his school, I had better be dressed to go (me: ROFLMAO, ). I never once went to a game already dressed to officiate. I really made a number of AD's mad, but I have talked to officials from that area of Florida now and guess what? Nobody goes to games already dressed to officiate.

There is absolutely no reason for a school not to provide a secure place for an officials' dressing room. There is no way I would dress in rest room. Of course we do not have that problem in Ohio and Michigan, except for Rita's particular problem.

MTD, Sr.